Economic gangsters : corruption, violence, and the poverty of nations /
Meet the economic gangster. He's the United Nations diplomat who double-parks his Mercedes on New York City streets at rush hour because the cops can't touch him--he has diplomatic immunity. He's the Chinese smuggler who dodges tariffs by magically transforming frozen chickens into fr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2010]
Princeton, New Jersey : 2010 |
| Edition: | With a New postscript by the authors |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter One: Fighting For Economic Development; Chapter Two: Suharto, Inc.; Chapter Three: The Smuggling Gap; Chapter Four: Nature or Nurture? Understanding the Culture of Corruption; Chapter Five: No Water, No Peace; Chapter Six: Death by a Thousand Small Cuts; Chapter Seven: The Road Back From War; Chapter Eight: Learning to Fight Economic Gangsters; Epilogue: Doing Better This Time; Postscript to the Paperback Edition; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Chapter One. Fighting for Economic Development
- Chapter Two. Suharto, Inc.
- Chapter Three. The Smuggling Gap
- Chapter Four. Nature or Nurture? Understanding the Culture of Corruption
- Chapter Five. No Water, No Peace
- Chapter Six. Death by a Thousand Small Cuts
- Chapter Seven. The Road Back from War
- Chapter Eight. Learning to Fight Economic Gangsters
- Epilogue. Doing Better this Time
- Postscript to the Paperback Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index